Kaithady is situated in the Jaffna district. Kaithady village is located 7 kms from the Jaffna town. Krishanthi’s home was located just 200 metres from the Kaithady junction. Krishanthi’s parents Kuma...

Navaly village is in the Jaffna district. St Peters church is a famous church in Navaly. Following the military orders to the people to take refuge in public places thousands of people left their home...

I can vividly remember traveling with my mother along a nearby river from Vallikeni to Muthoor in the mid-1970s. When I returned to the scene with my mother’s story of the accident and drowning ...

12.06.1986 Seruvil Massacre 21 people were brutally killed while carrying dry food packets for the people taking shelter in the camps in Seruvil. In the Mahindapura area, 21 individuals, including thr...

10.06.1986 – Mandaithivu sea massacre Kurunagar, Pasaiyur and Mandaithivu are situated off the southern coast of the Jaffna peninsula. Surrounded on three sides by the sea and on one side by lan...

Introduction After 2009, the Sinhala state has pursued various political goals and invested heavily in its rhetoric, credibility, and law, especially in warfare. This investment has become so ingraine...

Alvai village is situated in Jaffna district. The Muthumariamman temple in Alvai is one of the famous temples in Jaffna. On 29.05.1987, the Sri Lankan military launched its operation liberation attack...

23.05. – 24.05.1990 – Eastern University massacre The Eastern University is in the Vantharumoolai village in Batticaloa. This is one of the 13 universities in the island. At any given year...

Abruptly, our escape began. There was a danger that the army could also show up here through Aanaiyaraivu, Kilinochchi, Paranthan, Dharmapuram, and Visuvamadu, so we had prepared two cloth bags early ...

19.03. – 20.03.1986 Eeddimurichan village is situated in the Vavuniya district. Most people in the village are farmers. In the 1970’s upcountry Tamils displaced from their homes due to violence ...